Level: 8
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Manuel Fritz min-raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Matthias Eibinger three-bet the button to 110,000. When it got back to Frtiz, he four-bet jammed for 590,000, and got instantly called by Eibinger.
Manuel Fritz: A♥4♥
Matthias Eibinger :A♠K♥
Eibinger's Big Slick had Fritz dominated preflop, but the 4♣9♥5♠ flop propelled Fritz into the lead with a pair of fours. Eibinger couldn't find a king to take back the lead on the 8♠ turn or 2♣ river, meaning Fritz doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,600,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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1,250,000
350,000
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350,000 |
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 33rd episode, Connor talks with comedian and poker commentator Joe Stapleton about growing up in Albany, New York, first seeing Rounders while visiting a college campus, working at MADtv, getting his start in the poker industry and his favorite memories from PokerStars The Big Game.
Stapleton also talked about his friendship with late comedian Norm Macdonald, the European Poker Tour (EPT), doing commentary at the 2025 WSOP and making the "worst mistake I ever made in my entire life" by attempting to make a documentary about a stand-up comedy tour.
The action is unknown, but all of Rob Yong's chips were seen being added to Rahul Byrraju's stack after Byrraju hit a flush with A♥7♥.
At a few other tables, Henrik Hecklen and Thomas Santerne were seen leaving the tournament and are also out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,600,000
2,400,000
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2,400,000 |
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Morten Klein made it 50,000 from the hijack, and Matt Moss three-bet to 160,000 out of the small blind. Klein four-bet ripped it for 680,000, which Moss called.
Morten Klein: 9♦9♠
Matt Moss: Q♦Q♥.
Klein was in rough shape against the higher pair of Moss, and was poised to be headed to the exit unless he could find a nine. There was no nine for Klein on the 8♠6♥2♥5♠5♦ runout, and all of his chips were sent over to Moss.
Klein immediately reentered and is sitting with a fresh starting stack of 1,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,000,000
550,000
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550,000 |
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1,000,000
300,000
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300,000 |
From the cutoff, Leonard Maue made it 40,000 to go and only Tamas Adamszki defended from the big blind.
Adamszki knuckled the action over to Maue on the Q♣2♥4♥ flop, and Maue continued with a bet of 25,000. Adamszki continued with a call.
Check-check came after the A♥ turn, and the 2♦ rolled off on the river. Adamszki bet 60,000, which was enough to cause Maue to ponder briefly before folding his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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1,400,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Nick Schulman made it 40,000 under the gun before Tom MacDonald, who had just lost the majority of his stack to Danny Tang in the previous hand, jammed for 265,000 from the cutoff. When it got back to Schulman, he instantly called.
Tom MacDonald :A♣J♠
Nick Schulman: Q♠Q♥
MacDonald needed to find an ace to beat the Ladies of Schulman.
The 7♣10♣8♠ flop offered MacDonald a straight draw, and the J♣ turn gave him even more outs to survive. MacDonald found one of those outs on the Q♣ river by improving to a flush to earn the double-up through Schulman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,300,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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680,000
210,000
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210,000 |
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600,000
170,000
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170,000 |
Albert Daher completed from the small blind, and Biao Ding checked his option out of the big blind.
Daher led out for 25,000 on the 5♥10♣3♠ flop, and Ding called.
The 2♣ rolled off on the turn and Daher led out again, this time for 65,000. Ding called for a second time.
A Q♥ appeared on the river and Daher fired a third time for 180,000. Ding folded, and Daher added even more chips to his already huge stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,800,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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900,000
900,000
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900,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,500,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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4,200,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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3,200,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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3,000,000
1,100,000
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1,100,000 |
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3,000,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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3,000,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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2,900,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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2,400,000
1,400,000
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1,400,000 |
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2,300,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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2,200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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1,900,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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1,840,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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1,700,000
1,050,000
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1,050,000 |
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1,600,000
850,000
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850,000 |
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1,450,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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1,400,000
580,000
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580,000 |
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1,400,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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1,350,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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1,350,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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1,250,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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1,200,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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1,150,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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1,135,000
360,000
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360,000 |
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1,050,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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1,000,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Level: 7
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000